Mining industries play an important and increasingly recognized role in global socio - economic development whereas, on the same time, they have strong impact on a diverse group of environmental entities and stakeholder groups. As a result there is ample opportunity for the industry to operate in a more sustainable way. Nevertheless, relatively less progress has been made in developing integrated approaches for sustainability performance measurement, management and reporting. This research presents a methodological framework for strengthening the capacity of mining industries to assess and improve their sustainability performance. For the purposes of the research a detailed literature review and collection of information regarding best available practices from sustainability and corporate social responsibility reports of mining industries has been performed. CITATION:Angelakoglou, K, Gaidajis, G and Garidi, A, 2019. Assessing and improving the sustainability performance of mining industries, in Proceedings 9th International Conference on Sustainable Development in the Minerals Industry, pp 2729 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).